Spelling

04 November 2011

This week, we are learning to spell words with the ‘oi’ and ‘oy’ sound.

These will be tested on Friday 11 November.

04 November 2011

This week’s spellings are ‘ly’ words. Your child will be tested on Friday 11 November 2011. It’d be great if the children could think of some of their own ‘ly’ words too!

• bravely
• proudly
• loudly
• sadly
• wisely
• quietly
• shyly
• weakly
• sweetly
• kindly

It’s the holiday…

…so there are no homework or spellings.

However, there are lots of ways you can support you child’s learning, first and foremost by visiting our Help Your Child section.

There are lots of things to do in or near Leeds, from geo-caching on Monday to a spooky Halloween walk on Sunday.  Here are a few other ideas to fill the October half-term holiday with activities…

• take your child for an autumnal walk in Roundhay Park to collect chestnuts for a game of conkers or autumn leaves for an autumn collage;
• on a cold, autumn day, stay indoors and spend time baking (What unit of measurement will we use to weigh? If we want to make twice as much, how much will we need? When will the food be ready?);
• take a trip to Leeds Art Gallery – the Damien Hirst exhibition should prove a great opportunity for lots of discussion, description and possibly disagreement!
• and, as always, enjoy some relaxing reading (why not read some Tintin stories from a local library in preparation for the forthcoming film?)

School re-opens on Tuesday 01 November 2011 (following a training day on Monday 31 October 2011).

14 October 2011

This week, we are learning to spell words with the ‘ay’ sound.

These will be tested on Friday 21 October.

14 October 2011

This week’s spellings are words that end in ‘er’. Your child will be tested on Friday 21 october 2011.

• richer
• smaller
• smoother
• taller
• braver
• safer
• older
• colder
• closer
• longer

14 October 2011

This week’s spellings recap on all the rules for adding ‘ing’. Some of them may be spellings you’ve had before and some may be completely new to you.

The main focus of the learning is to ensure your child understands the rule. There is only one spelling list this week.

Can you come up with any more spellings that follow the rules for adding ‘ing’?

14 October 2011

This week, the spellings are a mixture of the ‘ing’ rules:

• just add ‘ing’
• drop the ‘e’ for ‘ing’
• double up when there’s a short vowel sound

Children will be tested on eight out of the ten words on Friday 21 October.

07 October 2011

The spellings this week are all words where you have to drop the ‘e’ for ‘i n g’ at the end of the word.

Children will be tested on eight out of the ten spellings on Friday 14 October.

10 October 2011

This week’s spellings are words with  ‘oi‘ and ‘oy‘. Your child will be tested on Friday 14 October 2011.

Top tip:

oi – usually if the sound is at the beginning or in the middle

oy – usually if the sound is at the end

• coin
• foil
• join
• oil
• point
• joy
• toy
• enjoy
• destroy
• employ

07 October 2011

Spelling Rule:

This week’s spellings all require your child to double up for short vowel sounds when adding ‘ing’.

The main focus of the learning is to ensure your child understands the rule. It’s up to your child which list they decide to do. However, it’s important they give themselves an appropriate challenge and don’t attempt a list which is neither too easy nor too difficult.

Can you come up with any more spellings that follow the rule?